NCAA Tournament March Madness

#299 Oral Roberts

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Oral Roberts’ season has been shaped more by damaging defeats to major-conference opponents than by a résumé of marquee wins. Blowout road losses at Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and TCU and the lopsided trip to Weber State stand out against a neutral-site victory over Kennesaw and a gritty home win over Montana State when a committee weighs quality, and noncompetitive setbacks to Belmont and Rice underline persistent defensive concerns. Tight losses at Tulsa, FGCU and Missouri State show the team has been competitive at times but has not yet produced a signature road or neutral upset that would offset those bad losses. The conference stretch ahead, with road tests at North Dakota, North Dakota State and St Thomas and opportunities at home against Denver, South Dakota and Missouri KC, offers clear chances to repair the profile. To change how their résumé reads they need meaningful wins away from campus and to avoid further damaging losses, because road resilience and the absence of blowouts against stronger teams are what committees prize.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Oklahoma St61L95-71
11/12Tulsa82L88-87
11/15Belmont62L83-60
11/20@Oklahoma50L95-71
11/24@FGCU178L93-88
11/25(N)Kennesaw162W91-83
11/26(N)Rice235L81-62
12/3@Weber St216L92-66
12/6Montana St170W72-68
12/16@Missouri St269L63-62
12/18@TCU56L72-53
12/22UT Arlington163L69-57
1/1@North Dakota32247%
1/3@N Dakota St15014%
1/10St Thomas MN14328%
1/14@Denver26532%
1/17NE Omaha23348%
1/22North Dakota32268%
1/24N Dakota St15031%
1/29@South Dakota28535%
1/31@S Dakota St18720%
2/7@St Thomas MN14313%
2/12Missouri KC33873%
2/14S Dakota St18740%
2/18@NE Omaha23327%
2/21South Dakota28557%
2/26Denver26553%
2/28@Missouri KC33852%